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Wednesday July 28th, 7:30pm
Free Zoom Concert
Susana Behar
World Renowned Ladino Performer
Susana Behar will mesmerize you with her Ladino songs and stories.
Help Temple Beth Shira Celebrate Our 18th «Chai» Anniversary
Please Join Us (and Share with your friends) ….This Coming Wednesday July 28th at 7:30pm for this Special Concert by World Renowned Ladino Performer Susana Behar.
Enjoy the show as our gift to the community, but if you can please donate to help us continue programing like this.
EASY STEPS THREE
1 -Register (see Link below) 2 -Zoom Link Will Be Emailed To You 3 -When Registering You Can Make An Optional Donation Now or Later
Registration Link https://form.jotform.com/
Please Share – You do not need to be a member of Temple Beth Shira to attend this special event. This event is Sponsored by the Temple Beth Shira Sol & Paula Alovis Library. Additional 2021-2022 sponsorship opportunities are available, and donations to continue community program like this are both welcome and needed.
For centuries, Sephardic Jews have spoken and composed music and songs in Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish. Ladino has elements of the languages spoken in the different regions where Sephardic Jews lived, such as Arabic, Turkish, Greek, French, Italian, and Portuguese. Today Ladino is still spoken and it’s musical traditions are carried on by small groups around the world, but it is in danger of dying out. World renowned Ladino performer Susana Behar will mesmerize you with her Ladino songs and stories.
About Susana Behar and Ladino Music
Inspired by her distinct heritage, Susana Behar’s performance draws strength from her own life’s story, presenting a unique blend of diverse musical traditions.
Born in Havana to a Cuban/Turkish Sephardic family, she grew up listening to the traditional music of her homeland as well as the hunting ‘kantikas’ in Judeo-Spanish or Ladino, which her Sephardic grandparents had brought with them. In 1965 she emigrated to Venezuela where she explored and performed the music of her adopted country, as well as that of Latin America and the Jewish folklore.
In 1983, after receiving her degree in Biology from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, she emigrated once again, this time to Miami, where she has lived ever since.
For almost 20 years, and through her countless performances, Susana has focused her artistic musical career on the research, promotion and advancement of the Sephardic musical repertoire, participating in projects, recitals and festivals, in the United States, South America, Mexico, Canada, Israel and Japan, including, amongst others, Piccolo Spoleto (Charleston, SC), Festival Sefarad (Montreal, Canada), Sacred Sounds (Atlanta, GA), Florida Folklife Festival (White Springs, Fl),Winter Jewish Music Concert (Miami, Fl), musimelange (Miami, Fl), FAU Kultur Festival (Boca Raton, Fl), Guava Rugelach Festival (Miami, Fl), Limmud Miami(Miami, Fl) and ‘Layali al Andaluz’ with the National Arab Orchestra at the Olympia Theater in Miami, always collaborating with musicians from very diverse musical traditions.
Her music has been featured in the documentary ‘Adio Kerida’, of anthropologist Ruth Behar (no relation), as well as in the CD ‘The music from the Sunshine State’, a series of radio programs featuring folk music, recorded by National Public Radio and the Florida Department of State Division of Historical Resources.
In 2012, Susana premiered ‘Of Essence and Time, Flamenco Sephardi’, an interdisciplinary work created in collaboration with Flamenco guitarist/composer Jose Luis de la Paz and dancer/choreographer Niurca Marquez, which explores the common roots of traditional Spanish music, Sephardic songs and Flamenco.
In 2015 Susana was awarded the Individual Artist Fellowship in the Folk and Traditional Arts from the Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs.
After many years dedicated almost exclusively to the Sephardic repertoire, Susana returned to her passion for the Latin American folklore. In 2017 she developed and premiered her project ‘Ladino Meets Latino’, incorporating songs from both musical traditions, through world music sounds and exciting arrangements and instrumentation.
Susana has produced two albums, ‘La Galana y El Mar’ (2010) and ‘TAPIZ’ (2018)
From September to December 2020, Susana was the Artist-in-Residence at the HistoryMiami Museum, during which time she presented a series of artistic, cultural and educational programs for the community.
In 2021 she sang and recorded the soundtrack of ‘ANUSIM’, a collaborative choreographic work by Dance NOW Miami (USA) and Dança em Diálogos (Portugal), with music by Federico Bonacossa.
Susana also devotes part of her time to volunteer work for several local, national and international organizations, one of which is Musicians On Call (MOC). Closest to her heart, MOC is a national organization that has allowed her to bring the healing power of music to patients in hospitals around the country.
Susana Behar lives in Miami with her family and performs regularly throughout South Florida. Susana’s Website : http://www.susanabehar.com
About Temple Beth Shira
Temple Beth Shira is a URJ Reform Congregation led by Rabbi-Cantor Sharon Steinberg and serving the western communities of Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach
Temple Beth Shira is excited to be celebrating our 18th Chai Anniversary !
This event is sponsored by Temple Beth Shira’s Sol & Paula Alovis Library and will be moderated by Temple Beth Shira Past President Rick Alovis. This event is part of our bi-monthly Community Conversations program. Please register or send us any emails you would like added to our mailing list.
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